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Chris Taylor - November 5, 2016

A featherweight bout between Ricardo Lamas and Charles Oliveira (Oliveira missed weight by 10 pounds) took place on tonight’s UFC Fight Night 98 main card in Mexico City. Round one begins and Lamas lands a leg kick and then a body kick to start. Lamas lands another kick to the body. Oliveira gets the clinch but Lamas uses the position to slam Charles to the floor. Ricardo moves to half guard. He lands a nasty elbow from the top. Oliveira is looking for a leg lock. He almost gets it. He uses the position to escape and he quickly jumps on Lamas’ back. Ricardo shakes him off but Oliveira picks him up and slams him down. Charles locks in a choke and this is not good for “The Bully”. Lamas does an excellent job to escape the hold and winds up on his back in guard. Oliveira with a big elbow from the top. He gets the back of Lamas and locks in a body triangle. This is a bad spot for Lamas. Nice elbows from Charles. And another. Oliveira sinks in the rear-naked choke and it is deep. Lamas gets saved by the bell. Wow.

Chris Taylor - November 5, 2016

A lightweight bout between Martin Bravo and Claudio Puelles took place on tonight’s UFC Fight Night 98 main card in Mexico City. Round one begins and they fighters are happy to trade strikes early. Puelles goes in for a takedown but Bravo says no and lands an elbow. Bravo is applying the pressure here. He lands a nice jab. Claudio replies with a leg kick but that does not slow down Bravo’s approach. Bravo with a right hand that scores. Puelles with a nice left, but Bravo continues to press. They trade punches. Puelles shoots for a single leg. It is not there. Puelles is relentless with these takedown attempts, and he finally gets one. However, Bravo uses the cage to get back up quickly. Spinning kick from Puelles. Bravo with punches. Puelles nose is now bleeding. Big right hand from Bravo to close out the round.

Chris Taylor - November 5, 2016

A lightweight bout between Beneil Dariush and Rashid Magomedov took place on tonight’s UFC Fight Night 98 main card in Mexico City. Round one begins and Dariush throws a high kick to start. He comes forward and lands a jab. Beneil misses with a head kick but lands low kick. Beneil presses Magomedov against the cage. He lands a knee inside. Dariush attempts a takedown but gets swept and Magomedov takes his back briefly. A couple of shots landed from Rashid and Beneil breaks free. A low blow connects on Beneil and we have a brief break. Upon the restart Dariush lands a low kick. He throws a jab and follows that up with a kick to the body. A nice superman punch lands for Beneil and then a kick to the body. Magomedov gets a hold of Beneil and presses him up against the cage. Rashid lands a trip takedown and winds up in half guard as round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - November 5, 2016

A women’s strawweight bout between Heather Jo Clark and Alexa Grasso kicked off tonight’s UFC Fight Night 98 main card in Mexico City. Round one begins and Grasso lands a low kick but eats a combo from Clark. Heather with a leg kick. She charges forward and presses Alexa against the cage. Grasso is able to shake her off and break free. Alexa with a high kick that is partially blocked. Clark misses with an attempted front kick. Grasso with a leg kick. She retreats and Heather presses forward with a combo. Clark lands a right hand. A nice body kick lands for Grasso. Clark drops but gets back up. A big knee lands for Alexa. She charges after Clark with punches. She is landing here. Clark responds but it definitely hurt. Alexa presses Heather against the fence and unloads some punches and knees. Grasso has Clark’s nose busted up. Heather breaks free and circles away. Alexa with a kick to the body of Clark. She comes forward and lands a beautiful combination that finishes with a head kick. Clark grabs a hold of Alexa and presses her against the cage. Round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - November 5, 2016

A bantamweight scrap between Marco Beltran and Joe Soto took place on tonight’s UFC Fight Night 98 prelims in Mexico City. Round one begins and Joe Soto scores a quick takedown. He immediately drops back for a heel hook and the submission is in tight. Wow! This one is all over. What a performance from Joe Soto!

Chris Taylor - November 5, 2016

A bout between Max Griffin and Eric Montano took place during tonight’s UFC Fight Night 98 prelims in Mexico City. Max Griffin pounced on Eric Montano early and was able to score a quick TKO finish after some nasty ground and pound.

Chris Taylor - November 5, 2016

A bantamweight bout between Henry Briones and Douglas Silva de Andrade kicked off the UFC Fight Night 98 prelims on FS1. Both men were happy to trade shots early, as round one began with a furious exchange of punches.

Chris Taylor - November 5, 2016

A middleweight scrap between Sam Alvey and Alex Nicholson served as the featured bout of the UFC Fight Pass portion of tonight’s UFC Fight Night 98 event in Mexico City. Round one begins and Nicholson lands a low kick to start. He follows that up with a nice kick to the body of Sam. Alvey leans forward with a jab to the chest. He connects with a counter right hand. Nicholson scores with a push kick. Alvey with another lead jab to the body. Alvey just misses with a right hand. He lands another body shot. Nicholson with a high kick which is blocked. He throws another and this one lands. Alvey eats it and throws a jab. Sam with a nice low kick. Nicholson returns fire with a high kick. Both men land hooks. Sam with a low kick. Alex replies with one of his own, he presses forward but eats a left. Nicholson with a low kick that connects to the groin of Sam. The referee steps in and we have a break. Alvey says he is good to go and we restart. Nicholson misses with a high kick but lands a kick to the body. Alvey comes in with a right. He connects with an uppercut but Alex lands a spinning back fist and then a nice body shot. Alvey cringes. That body shot hurt. He backs up. Nicholson comes forward with a kick to the body. Alvey returns fire with a nice right hand. He shoots for a takedown. It is not there. Alvey lands a short left. Round two comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - November 5, 2016

A featherweight bout between Chris Avila (5-4 MMA) and Enrique Barzola (13-3-1 MMA) kicked off tonight’s UFC Fight Night 98 event in Mexico City. Round one begins and Barzola scores with a nice combination to start. He shoots in and scores a quick takedown on Avila. Chris is able to scramble right back to hit feet. Nice leg kicks from Barzola. Avila returns fir with a right. Both men exchange nice shots. Barzola gets a hold of Avila and presses him against the fence. He is able to pick Avila up and slam him to the floor. Avila is doing a nice job of preventing Enrique from entering his guard. Eventually Barzola does break through the defense of Avila but Chris again scrambles and gets back to his feet. Barzola just misses with a big right hand. He scores with a body shot and then a body kick. He shoots in and scores a single leg takedown. Barzola with some shots. Avila gets up to his feet. Barzola has him pressed against the cage. He scores with a right and then they break. A big leg kick lands for Enrique. Round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - November 5, 2016

Unable to catch tonight’s UFC Fight Night 98 event in Mexico City? BJPENN.com has you covered. Stay glued to this page for up to the minute live results from tonight’s fight card. The event is headlined by a key lightweight contest featuring former division title holder Rafael dos Anjos taking on the always dangerous Tony Ferguson.

bjpenndotcom - November 5, 2016

Recently, it was revealed that UFC middleweight Tom Lawlor had been notified of a potential USADA anti-doping violation stemming from a random out-of-competition drug test back in October.

bjpenndotcom - November 5, 2016

While Invicta FC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg is 2-0 inside the Octagon, she is still primarily an Invicta FC fighter due to the fact that the UFC doesn’t have a women’s featherweight division. In her two Octagon appearances, Cyborg fought at a catchweight of 140 pounds, both times enduring horrific weight-cuts, and both times delivering spectacular TKO wins. In her UFC debut, Cyborg finished Leslie Smith via first round TKO at UFC 198 earlier this year. In her second Octagon appearance, Cyborg faced off against Swedish striker Lina Lansberg, cutting nearly 10 pounds in 24 hours to make the contracted limit of 140 pounds. Despite that, Cyborg picked up yet another spectacular TKO win as she finished Lansberg and moved to 2-0 inside the Octagon.

bjpenndotcom - November 5, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - November 5, 2016

Legendary NHL enforcer Tie Domi earned the reputation as one of the most feared men on the ice throughout the course of his 17 year professional hockey career, during which he was involved in numerous iconic fights.

bjpenndotcom - November 5, 2016

On January 21st, former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz, and former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen will step into the cage under the Bellator MMA banner in a highly anticipated matchup. When Sonnen celebrated the end of his two-year suspension several months ago, it was announced that he was coming out of retirement, and had already signed an exclusive multi-fight contract with Bellator MMA. In addition, Sonnen called out former UFC champ Tito Ortiz for his first Bellator MMA fight. Ultimately, the pair were booked to fight in the main event of Bellator 170 on January 21st, a date targeted by Ortiz due to the fact that it’s just two days before his birthday.

bjpenndotcom - November 5, 2016

While Conor McGregor is currently the UFC featherweight champion, one week from today he will have the opportunity to become the first man to simultaneously hold two UFC belts when he faces UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez in the main event of UFC 205. While McGregor has previously competed at lightweight under the Cage Warriors banner in Ireland, he has yet to fight at 155 inside the Octagon. Despite being booked for a lightweight title fight with Rafael dos Anjos back in March, McGregor fought twice at welterweight after dos Anjos was forced out of the fight with a broken foot.

bjpenndotcom - November 4, 2016

https://youtu.be/StOcgp-bBf4 With just over a week to go until UFC 205, the UFC’s historic inaugural event at the Madison Square Garden, the anticipation for the stacked fight card is at an all-time high.

Russell Ess - November 4, 2016

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has her first fight scheduled since losing the belt to Holly Holm at UFC 193 last November. Rousey will look to get back to the top of her division but is tasked to do so against a tough opponent in the current champion Amanda Nunes.